~ Random musings of a thoroughly lived life

Juxtaposition

That Woman came to visit today, and did a pretty good job of rearranging and sorting through huge piles of “stuff” in my bedroom. In the process, she discovered an unlikely set of papers clipped together in a pile of files. The top document was the Final Judgment of Dissolution of my first marriage, dated April 10, 1978. Next came the Final Judgment of Dissolution of my husband-who-lives-across-town’s first marriage, dated December 29, 1978. I’m not quite sure why I have it, and he doesn’t, but I usually was the file queen.

The third pair of documents were the admissions and consent forms for my entry into Fresno Community Hospital at 2:00 a.m. on April 15, 1973, to have Joseph. The doctors had assured us that babies very rarely send their parents to the hospital in the middle of the night, but ours certainly did. He took his own sweet time arriving, too, not showing up until noon. But he was definitely worth the wait!

Ken with baby Joseph, our first day home. April 16, 1973.

The only rhyme or reason I can find for the juxtaposition of the documents is that they all impacted our lives in one way or another, and are deserving of being kept. They are now safely in the drawer with our wills and insurance policies

When I was little and first came across the word “document” I always thought it was a piece of paper someone used when they wanted to scribble a lofty signature – like the old dudes who signed the Declaration… I thought the word ‘document’ stood for “Oh, you meant…” and then the maker of the document would fill in whatever they wanted. The only important thing was that they got to make a fancy, looping signature. Such is the mind of a child.
Very interesting, Fawn, how your “Oh, you meants” were piled together!
AnnMarie 🙂
Happy Friday

You have to watch out for “that woman” ha ha! But it’s a good thing you found those important papers and now have them in a better place. And Joseph was a beautiful baby and I was overjoyed at becoming his Aunt!

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